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Big Bash LeagueMatch 37 · T20

Melbourne Renegades beat Sydney Thunder by 9 runs

Manuka Oval, Canberra, . Sydney Thunder won the toss and chose to bowl.

Sydney Thunder18020 ov
Melbourne Renegades won by 9 runs
Adelaide Strikers won the title

Match report

From the scorecard

Sydney Thunder won the toss and chose to bowl. Melbourne Renegades made 189 for 6 in 20 overs, Marcus Harris 64 from 41 balls and Matthew Short 28 from 24 balls. Gurinder Sandhu took 2 for 37.

Sydney Thunder were bowled out for 180, Ben Rohrer 48 from 21 balls and Arjun Nair 45 from 25 balls. Kane Richardson took 4 for 22.

Melbourne Renegades won by 9 runs.

Key performers

Melbourne Renegades innings

189/6(20 ov)
BatterRB4s6sSR
Marcus Harrisb CJ Greenb CJ Green644172156.10
Matthew Shortst †JS Lenton b Fawad Ahmedst †JS Lenton b Fawad Ahmed282430116.67
Tom Cooperrun outrun out11501220.00
Dwayne Bravoc & b MJ McClenaghanc & b MJ McClenaghan16180188.89
Kieron Pollardc CJ Green b GS Sandhuc CJ Green b GS Sandhu231921121.05
Jack Wildermuthc AC Blizzard b GS Sandhuc AC Blizzard b GS Sandhu14811175.00
Tim Ludeman †not outnot out5*210250.00
Beau Websternot outnot out18*412450.00
Extras(lb 4, w 5, nb 1)(lb 4, w 5, nb 1)10
Total20 Ov (RR 9.45)20 Ov (RR 9.45)189/6
Fall of wickets: 77-1 (MW Short, 8.2 ov), 100-2 (TLW Cooper, 10.2 ov), 112-3 (MS Harris, 13 ov), 134-4 (DJ Bravo, 15.5 ov), 164-5 (KA Pollard, 18.5 ov), 164-6 (JD Wildermuth, 19 ov)
BowlerOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
Gurinder Sandhu403729.2594100
Mitchell McClenaghan4048112.0093331
Chris Green403619.0084100
Shane Watson403709.2564110
Fawad Ahmed402716.75100210
Partnerships
WktBattersRunsBalls
1stMS Harris 45(27) & MW Short 28(24)7750
2ndTLW Cooper 11(5) & MS Harris 11(7)2312
3rdMS Harris 8(7) & DJ Bravo 4(9)1216
4thDJ Bravo 12(9) & KA Pollard 7(8)2217
5thJD Wildermuth 14(7) & KA Pollard 16(11)3018
6thJD Wildermuth 0(1) & TP Ludeman 0(0)01
7thTP Ludeman 5(2) & BJ Webster 18(4)25*6

Sydney Thunder innings

180(20 ov)
BatterRB4s6sSR
James Vincec JM Holland b CP Tremainc JM Holland b CP Tremain160016.67
Kurtis Pattersonc BJ Webster b CP Tremainc BJ Webster b CP Tremain360050.00
Shane Watsonc KA Pollard b JD Wildermuthc KA Pollard b JD Wildermuth221603137.50
Jay Lenton †c BJ Webster b JM Hollandc BJ Webster b JM Holland231712135.29
Arjun Nairc KA Pollard b KW Richardsonc KA Pollard b KW Richardson452513180.00
Ben Rohrerc JD Wildermuth b KW Richardsonc JD Wildermuth b KW Richardson482162228.57
Chris Greenc JD Wildermuth b KA Pollardc JD Wildermuth b KA Pollard221402157.14
Aiden Blizzardc MW Short b KW Richardsonc MW Short b KW Richardson240050.00
Gurinder Sandhuc BJ Webster b KW Richardsonc BJ Webster b KW Richardson02000.00
Mitchell McClenaghanlbw b KA Pollardlbw b KA Pollard9800112.50
Fawad Ahmednot outnot out1*20050.00
Extras(lb 3, nb 1)(lb 3, nb 1)4
Total20 Ov (RR 9.00)20 Ov (RR 9.00) · Target 190 from 20 ov180
Fall of wickets: 1-1 (JM Vince, 1.2 ov), 13-2 (KR Patterson, 3.2 ov), 46-3 (SR Watson, 6.4 ov), 51-4 (JS Lenton, 7.5 ov), 135-5 (AJ Nair, 14.1 ov), 143-6 (BJ Rohrer, 15 ov), 148-7 (AC Blizzard, 16.1 ov), 149-8 (GS Sandhu, 16.5 ov), 176-9 (CJ Green, 19.1 ov), 180-10 (MJ McClenaghan, 20 ov)
BowlerOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
Tom Cooper10101.0050000
Chris Tremain403328.2590200
Kane Richardson402245.50163100
Dwayne Bravo4043010.7560400
Jack Wildermuth3043114.3365300
Jon Holland201618.0020100
Kieron Pollard201929.5030101
Partnerships
WktBattersRunsBalls
1stJM Vince 1(6) & KR Patterson 0(2)18
2ndKR Patterson 3(4) & SR Watson 9(8)1212
3rdSR Watson 13(8) & JS Lenton 20(12)3320
4thJS Lenton 3(5) & AJ Nair 2(2)57
5thAJ Nair 43(23) & BJ Rohrer 40(16)8438
6thBJ Rohrer 8(5) & CJ Green 0(0)85
7thAC Blizzard 2(4) & CJ Green 2(3)57
8thCJ Green 1(2) & GS Sandhu 0(2)14
9thCJ Green 19(9) & MJ McClenaghan 6(5)2714
10thMJ McClenaghan 3(3) & Fawad Ahmed 1(2)45

Commentary

End of innings: ST 180 (20 ov)
End of over 204 runs, 2 wktsST 180/10W2101W
Fawad Ahmed 1(2)KA Pollard 2-0-19-2
19.6W
KA Pollard to MJ McClenaghan, OUT
MJ McClenaghan lbw b KA Pollard 9(8) [4s-0 6s-0] · FoW 180/10 (20 ov)
19.51
KA Pollard to Fawad Ahmed, 1 run
19.40
KA Pollard to Fawad Ahmed, no run
19.31
KA Pollard to MJ McClenaghan, 1 run
19.22
KA Pollard to MJ McClenaghan, 2 runs
19.1W
KA Pollard to CJ Green, OUT
CJ Green c JD Wildermuth b KA Pollard 22(14) [4s-0 6s-2] · FoW 176/9 (19.1 ov)
End of over 198 runsST 176/82Lb21201
CJ Green 22(13)MJ McClenaghan 6(5)CP Tremain 4-0-33-2
18.61
CP Tremain to CJ Green, 1 run
18.50
CP Tremain to CJ Green, no run
18.42
CP Tremain to CJ Green, 2 runs
18.31
CP Tremain to MJ McClenaghan, 1 run
18.22
CP Tremain to MJ McClenaghan, 2 runs
18.12Lb
CP Tremain to MJ McClenaghan, 2 leg byes
End of over 1818 runsST 168/8626121
MJ McClenaghan 3(2)CJ Green 19(10)DJ Bravo 4-0-43-0
17.61
DJ Bravo to MJ McClenaghan, 1 run
17.52
DJ Bravo to MJ McClenaghan, 2 runs
17.41
DJ Bravo to CJ Green, 1 run
17.36
DJ Bravo to CJ Green, SIX
17.22
DJ Bravo to CJ Green, 2 runs
17.16
DJ Bravo to CJ Green, SIX
End of over 172 runs, 2 wktsST 150/8W010W1
CJ Green 4(6)MJ McClenaghan 0(0)KW Richardson 4-0-22-4
16.61
KW Richardson to CJ Green, 1 run
16.5W
KW Richardson to GS Sandhu, OUT
GS Sandhu c BJ Webster b KW Richardson 0(2) [4s-0 6s-0] · FoW 149/8 (16.5 ov)
16.40
KW Richardson to GS Sandhu, no run
16.31
KW Richardson to CJ Green, 1 run
16.20
KW Richardson to CJ Green, no run
16.1W
KW Richardson to AC Blizzard, OUT
AC Blizzard c MW Short b KW Richardson 2(4) [4s-0 6s-0] · FoW 148/7 (16.1 ov)
End of over 165 runsST 148/61Lb11011
AC Blizzard 2(3)CJ Green 2(3)DJ Bravo 3-0-25-0